William Blake
Poet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1757–1827
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I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.
William Blake
Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.
William Blake
Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.
William Blake
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.
William Blake
Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
William Blake
Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!
William Blake
The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.